Day 2

We kick off Day 2 with Adam Brock, who has been told there is a large black woman stuck inside his body (TMI? Hmm... Maybe). He misses his baby at home, which is adorable and sad to see all at the same time. He sings "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn, he looks and sounds like a more shouty Danny Gokey. Unfortunately, I can't even tell that he's doing "Walking in Memphis", it's literally unrecognizable... But I do like it. Next is Jane Carrey (Jim Carrey's daughter), I loved her phrasing and melody at her audition. Aside from looking like Jim Carrey, she also reminds me of Miley Cyrus. She sings "Lookin' Out My Back Door" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Sadly, this performance doesn't go anywhere, it just stays in one place. She sounds out of breath and the last note is just plain bad. Adam advances, Jane goes home. That sucks but it's the nature of the game.



In the next group is Shannon Magrane. After recapping her awkward audition with resident pedobear Steven Tyler, we see her perform "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys. It's good, just not special. Perhaps best described as vanilla, I wish she waited a few more years like most Idol contestants around her age but ultimately, that's the Producers fault. I still think lowering the age limit was a bad idea, you might as well be taking a half-baked cake to a super-hyped party. Sheesh... Next is David Leathers, another youngin. Probably the sharpest and most skilled out of all of them vocally but most annoying because of his ladies man bit (they don't dig you sexually, pal!). Anyway, he sings "Because You Love Me" by Celine Dion. I personally never would have expected this as a song choice from him, he totally pulls it off though. WOW... Impossibly beautiful falsetto FTW! I didn't even know that note was achievable. That was fucking amazeballs but what will happen when puberty rolls around? On the other hand, he's seventeen freakin' years old. Will it ever? Now we see Jessica Phillips sing "He Fills Me Up" by Whitney Houston (rest in peace), she sings it well, I'm not amazed by it. I'm not fond of the enunciation of "up" in the chorus or the "hey" after that. Nice falsetto run though. All 3 advance plus Angie Zeiderman and Brittany Kerr.



In the next group is Erika Van Pelt singing "Glitter In the Air" by P!nk. First off, BRILLIANT song choice on her part. Second, sung even more brilliantly. She has a nice deep and rich alto and can belt like there is no tomorrow. In parts she reminds me of Kelly Clarkson, in other parts Christina Aguilera. I absolutely loved this and so does the judges and crowd, I'd love to see her go far. Hopefully the fashion transformation department will get rid of that vest that obviously doesn't fit. Next up is Creighton Fraker, who captivated the judges with his unique voice, he's singing "Somebody To Love". He's dressed kinda weird which is a little distracting. Anyway, some of the lower notes are a little weird but the higher notes are great. His ending to the song is killer. Loved it. Aaron Marcellus is next, he is showing off his vocal runs so much, I can't even tell what he is singing. Something about "starting here, starting now". Perhaps the runs are necessary for him to make an argument for advancing further since this is his 3rd run on Idol. Either way, I liked it and I like his personality.



In the next group we see, Lauren Mink performs "Alone" by Heart. She has a nice Country voice. During her performance, J-Lo whispers to Randy "Did she change keys in the middle of the song?" Rut roh. Jeremy Rosado, the germaphobe that works at an infectious disease office (bahaha!), goes next. He's dishing out compliments and thanks as if it were confetti. His personality reminds me of David Archuleta for some reason. He sings "Superstar" by Luther Vandross. I like his voice but it really sounds like he's straining in the higher parts. He's got potential, there's nothing that interests me a great deal right now though. Next is Symone Black, her very supportive mentor/ stage dad is with her. She sings "Sitting On the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding, very sweet and simple but I really enjoy her enunciation. When asked why she picked that song, she answers that she wanted to appeal to an older audience. "You're saying that we're older?" says Randy jokingly. Symone says no, starts stumbling and ZOMG she falls off the stage! "Medic!" #DRAMA Do we see what happens to poor Symone this episode? Of course not, Nigel Lythgoe runs this thang. DAMMIT NIGEL!



The next episode airs, we see that Symone manages to stand up with help of her dad and medics and drive to a nearby hospital. The other contestants, shocked and shaken, say a prayer for her. We finally resume group rounds and see that Jeremy and Symone advance to the next round (Yay!) while Lauren Mink and Ethan Jones are sent home. Note: Symone does fully recover and return to rehearse with a group for the next round.



This next episode is filled with 100% drama and 0% actual singing. Well, maybe some singing, just not enough to write an article on. There was one part that showed Eben Franckewitz rehearsing that sounded shockingly REALLY good. That's about all I remember worth noting, singing-wise. So needless to say, we will not be recapping all of this irrelevant drama because we are here to cover a SINGING competition. However, the one drama part worth recapping is the war between Heejun Han and Richie Law in the video listed below (source: MjsBigBlog). Anyway, we have crazy cowboy control freak who looks like Woody from Toy Story and the other 3 who are really annoyed with him, Heejun being the only one expressing vocal frustration. "I'm trying to make different harmonies and chords because I'm the only person that knows what that means" says Richie. Seriously, what a douchebag thing to say. And if you really knew anything about music, you would know this is the worst year for you to enter Idol. To end my Richie rant on a nice note, he sounded nice in the falsetto part at 1:43. Heejun, however, is too awesome for words. Watch it!